Justify My Love — who wrote it?

ISWC T0700907534 Recorded by Madonna and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: STAY OUT OF MY WAY · JUSTIFY MY LOVE (THE BEAST WITHIN MIX) · THE BEAST WITHIN · JUSTIFICA MI AMOR

Justify My Love was written by Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, James Henry III Boxley, Ingrid Julia Chavez, Eric Sadler, Madonna L Ciccone, Leonard a Kravitz. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Gold Songs (40%), Downtown DLJ Songs LLC (25%), Reach Music Publishing (12.5%).

Madonna

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

5 collecting groups

Linked recordings

1,822

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

BMG Gold Songs 40%BMG Gold Songs · 40%

Downtown DLJ Songs LLC 25%Downtown DLJ Songs LLC · 25%

Reach Music Publishing 12.5%Reach Music Publishing · 12.5%

Songs of Universal, INC. 12.5%Songs of Universal, INC. · 12.5%

WC Music Corp. 10%WC Music Corp. · 10%

BMG Gold Songs 40% Downtown DLJ Songs LLC 25% Reach Music Publishing 12.5% Songs of Universal, INC. 12.5% WC Music Corp. 10%

- BMG Gold Songs
  BMG Gold Songs · Admin
  40%
- Reach Music Publishing
  Reach Music Publishing
  12.5%
- Skyfish Music
  Downtown DLJ Songs LLC · Admin
  25%
- Webo Girl Pub, INC.
  WC Music Corp. · Admin
  10%
- Songs of Universal, INC.
  Songs of Universal, INC.
  8.34%
- Your Mother's Music INC.
  Songs of Universal, INC. · Admin
  4.16%
Leonard a KravitzUnclaimed
IPI 00128948439 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	52.5%
BMG Gold Songs	00601191692	BMG Gold Songs	Admin	40%
Reach Music Publishing	00631558646	Reach Music Publishing		12.5%
▸Shared · Ingrid Julia Chavez & Madonna L Ciccone	—		—	25%
Skyfish Music	00129765248	Downtown DLJ Songs LLC	Admin	25%
▸Madonna L Ciccone	00125053706		Composer / Lyricist	10%
Webo Girl Pub, INC.	00125251604	WC Music Corp.	Admin	10%
▸Shared · Carlton Douglas Ridenhour & Eric Sadler & James Henry III Boxley	—		—	8.34%
Songs of Universal, INC.	00353271280	Songs of Universal, INC.		8.34%
▸Eric Sadler	00140282801		Composer / Lyricist	4.16%
Your Mother's Music INC.	00228283073	Songs of Universal, INC.	Admin	4.16%
Leonard a Kravitz	00128948439	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

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